Reading Medieval European Women Writers
Strong Literary Witnesses from the Past
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Peter Lang AG
Published:20th Apr '16
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Despite a modern tendency to describe medieval women as suppressed and marginalized, a critical reading of relevant texts by female poets/writers demonstrates that women all over Europe in the premodern era enjoyed considerable freedom to express themselves and to contribute to the literary discourse of their time. This book brings together representative poets from Germany, England, France, Spain, Hungary, and Austria and thus develops an innovative pan-European perspective spanning from the tenth to the sixteenth century. Well-known writers are as much included as some rather little studied individuals, who all form part of a strong choir of female voices.
«Es ist [...] zu wünschen, dass dieses wichtige Buch eine große Verbreitung erfährt und seine Funktion nicht nur als neues Standardwerk zum Thema erfüllt, sondern auch darüber hinaus ein neues Literaturverständnis begründet.»
(Bea Lundt, Mediaevisitik 29/2016)
ISBN: 9783631674079
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 650g
430 pages
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